boo hoo

See also: boohoo

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic evoking cries.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

boo hoo

The sound of crying.
"Boo hoo!" cried Lisa after she misplaced her saxophone.
(used ironically, spoken as an ordinary word) it is not worth crying about, an expression of contempt
So you broke it. Boo hoo! Get a grip, and clean up the mess.

Translations

sound of crying

Catalan: buà, buè
Chinese: 嗚嗚／呜呜 (zh) (wūwū)
Dutch: boehoe
Finnish: yhyy (fi), nyyh
French: ouin-ouin (fr), bou hou
German: buhuu
Greek: μπου-χου (bou-chou)
Hungarian: brühühü, brűhűhű (elongated)
Japanese: うえーん
Korean: 엉엉 (ko) (eong'eong)
Norwegian:
Nynorsk: hu
Polish: chlip, bu (pl)
Russian: хнык-хнык (xnyk-xnyk)
Spanish: snif, bua
Turkish: ühü
Vietnamese: hu hu (vi)

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